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Music Iggy Azalea Alleges Kanye West Planned To Start Adult Entertainment Company Called "Donda" Iggy Azalea recently threatened to expose Kanye West after he brought up her son during one of his infamous X tirades. By Caroline Fisher March 21, 2025 5.4K Views
Music Big U Makes His First Federal Court Appearance After RICO Arrest Big U's RICO Case drew a lot of controversy for how it roped in hip-hop media such as Wack 100 and No Jumper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025 2.4K Views
Music Drake's Lawyer Claims UMG Secretly Paid A "Popular Podcast" To Promote Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" While Drake continues to fight UMG in court over "Not Like Us," Kanye West is trying to provoke him and a whole lot of other artists. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025 15.3K Views
Music 21 Savage Mourns The Loss Of His Longtime Affiliate Lotto Savage After Georgia Shooting 21 Savage and Lotto Savage were some of the original members of the Slaughter Gang collective back in the mid-2010s. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025 10.7K Views
Music Kay Flock Found Guilty In RICO Case And Subjected To Possible Life Sentence Kay Flock has been in custody since December of 2021, when he turned himself in for the murder of Hwascar Hernandez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025 13.8K Views
Music Fivio Foreign's Lawyer Reveals Rapper Has Been Locked Up Since January Fivio Foreign is in a much trickier situation than any of us knew, but his lawyer is confident he'll beat his charges. By Elias Andrews March 21, 2025 4.8K Views
Music Kanye West Reportedly Filmed DJ Akademiks Interview Wearing "All Black Costume" Kanye West tweets are one thing, but the rapper allegedly did an interview wearing an extremely controversial outfit. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025 10.1K Views
Music Yella Beezy Charged With Capital Murder In Death Of Rapper Mo3 Yella Beezy and Mo3 feuded during the latter's lifetime, but now Beezy is facing serious criminal charges for Mo3's death. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025 14.1K Views
Music Jay-Z And Beyonce Allegedly "Discussing" Legal Action After Kanye West Insulted Their Kids Kanye West crossed a line by targeting the Carter family, and it is rumored that they are considering a legal response. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025 8.5K Views
Reviews Playboi Carti "MUSIC" Review With appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Future, and Travis Scott, "MUSIC" reaffirms Playboi Carti as both a pioneer and provocateur in hip-hop. By Aron A. March 20, 2025 2.6K Views
Music DJ Akademiks Rips Into "Dummy" Meek Mill Over Snitching Allegations DJ Akademiks was actually minding his own business this time, but Meek Mill wanted to throw a few subtweets his way. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025 3.2K Views
Music 50 Cent Surprisingly Sides With Diddy Amidst Kanye West Breakdown Kanye West is the unpredictable one, but 50 Cent pulled the rug out from under fans by jokingly co-signing a Diddy stance. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025 11.8K Views